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Principles of War: Offensive, part 3

 What remains if the decisive blow has been struck? We must occupy the land. We must proclaim the emancipation to Satan’s captives. We must declare the means of [...]

Principles of War: Offensive, part 2

 Whether the offensive is directed against the whole front or against one segment of the enemy army, “in either case it should be well understood that there is [...]

Principles of War: Offensive, part 1

 They want war too methodical, too measured; I would make it brisk, bold, impetuous, perhaps sometimes even audacious. —Antoine-Henri Jomini, Summary of the Art of War This is [...]